Grate and mounting



Jan. s 1924.

T. Hy GRAF GRATE AND MOUNTING Filed April 29. 1922 l0 L v/ L il* il l" INVENTOR Patented Jan. 8, 1924.

UNITED i,4ao,43i

THEODORE H.Y GRAF, or LOUISVILLE, YKmvfruCKY,.as,sro{1\u i=t TosoU'rrrEnivsrGNAL Y i P COMPANY, ING., or BIRMINGHAM, `ana-1anMag Y GRATE AND MOUNTING.

To uit whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODORE H. GRAF, a citizen of the VUnited States, residing at Louisville in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented new and ture,

useful Improvements in Grates and Mountings, of whichthe following is a specification. p v

This invention relates to grate-mountings for use in fire places and has for its object the provision of a grate mounting whereby a basket or other similar type of grate may be supported within the re place frame regardless of the distance between the supporting lugs provided on the frame for supporting the grate. Y

It is well known that no two manufacturers of grates make the supporting lugs for the gratethe same distance apart and as the grates seldom, if ever, bear the names of the manufacturers it becomes a difficult matter for the retail dealers to supply the proper grate to a customer desiringr to make a replacement and this of course results in necessitating trying the different grates to see if they fit within the frames, this resulting in a great 'degree of annoyance and inconvenience and involving a waste of time.

It is with these facts in view that I have designed the present device which provides means on a grate for engaging it within any grate frame of a standard size.

An additional object is the provision of a device of this character which will be simple and inexpensive in manufacture, highly efficient in use, a great time and labor'saver and a general improvement in the art.

With the above and other objects and advantages in View the invention consists in the details of construction to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustra-ted in the accompanying drawings, in which: Y

Figure l is a front view of a `grate engaged within a fra-me and showing the grate as equipped with the device, parts of the frame being broken away to show the struc- Figure 2 is a fragmentary perspective view `of a portion of a grate frame,

Application filed April 29, 1922. Serial No. 557,360.V

Figure 3 is a vdetail perspective view of one corner ofthe grate.

Referring more particularly to the draw- .ings the letter A designates an ordinary grate frame which, as 1s well known, is pro- 5' vided at the confronting sides of the opening therein with pairs of vertically spaced grate supporting lugs B and C. In carryi Y ing out: the present invention I provide the grate D at each endl witlra hook l0, these till hooks being designed to engage over the Y uppermost supporting lugsV B.v Formed on each end of the grate below the hook l0 is an elongated angle bracket ll which acts as a guide and brace when engaged upon j the lower lug C.

In installing Athe grate it is inserted in the usual manner with the. hooks 10 engaging the upper lugs B andthe brackets V1l en may be as the elongation of the brackets ll amply takes care of all such variations.

, From the foregoing Y description and a study of the drawings it will be apparent that I have thus provided a very simple grate mounting which will be highlyeffec` tive and 'advantageous in making all I@,r'ates interchangeably Vmountable within different makes of ate frames thus obviating t-he necessity o purchasing new grates from the original manufacturer of the burnt out grate.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodimentv of the invention, -it is of co-urse to be understood that I reserve the right to make such changes in the form, construction and arrangement of parts as will notl depart from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention I claim:

l. In combination, a fire place grate frame provided at its confronting edges with upper and lower lugs extending toward each other and formed integrally upon the frame, and a grate formed at the rear side of its upper corners with integral hooks engageable over the upper ones of said lugs, the

grate being further formed on its rear side with brackets integra-1 thereon and engageable over the lower lugs, said; brackets being L-shaped in crossl section with theirfree ends directed outwardly.

2. Means for mounting a grate Within a, fire place rate frame provided at its confronting egges with spaced lugs, comprising hooks formed at the'upper corners of the grate and engageable over the upper lugs, and vertically elongated brackets on the ends of the gra-te engageable with the lower lugs, said hooks and brackets being formed integrally upon the grate itself andsaid bracket being of L-Shape in cross section.

In testimony whereof I aix my Signature.

THEODORE H. GRAF. 

